Tales of Eternia in March

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Japan gets another PSP RPG in just a couple of month.

By Anoop Gantayat

Ys VI may have been delayed to an undisclosed date, but Namco is stepping up to the plate with an RPG to hold gamers over while they wait. Retailers in Japan are reporting a 3/3 release date for the PSP version of Tales of Eternia. Note that the "T.O.E." part of the title is now gone.

Recently, the game has started seeing big coverage in Japanese gaming publications. The latest issue of Famitsu gives the game a two page spread and reports a 50% completion at the time of publication. While it's still unclear how far the game will be improved over the original three-disk November 2000 PlayStation game, the magazine does suggest that the wide screen will make battles more manageable by allowing players to see far-off enemies. The PSP version's introduction sequence will retain Garnet Crow's "Flying" theme song from the original.

With Tales and Popolocrois both set for release in the next couple of months, the PSP looks like it will have some reasonable options for those who've already gotten the most out of Gagharv Trilogy. Let's hope some of these titles make the trip across the Pacific in time for the US launch.